Ivor Raymonde - Simon Raymonde - Drowning Craze

[mmmender]

THREAD BUMPED APRIL 29/09 - SEE POST #15
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you don't often see this particular drowning craze up for grabs...........

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=923604164

[Baba O'Reilly]

DC were a really good band an' all!

[evangeline]

on ebay.nl there are two 7" singles up for grabs. just thought i'd let you know.

[mmmender]

for sale on ebay.......

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2537532180&category=2250

http://ebay2.ipixmedia.com/abc/M28/_EBAY_56d054ff5617cf84073ce93af78dbbf6/i-1.JPG

[duane]

Hello,
I don't know this lp..... can you give me more details?
thank you,
Duane

[iceblink555]

The Drowning Craze was the band Simon Raymonde was in before joining the Cocteau Twins.

--Alan
np: Jean-Michel Jarre - January 24

[Iwan]

3 7"s were released during 1981 & 1982

Slightly more info + picture of all 3 in a recent eBay finished auction:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2534037899&category=43659

[mmmender]

http://www.simonraymonde.com/images/raymonde_vinyl.jpg

did you know that there's a balled called Raymonde who named themselves after simon's infamous father, ivor?

Ivor Raymonde: Biograhpy

Ivor Raymonde is best remembered as the co-author and arranger of many of Dusty Springfield's biggest hits, including "I Only Want To Be With You," and as music director on her classic Philips Records albums. His career actually predated that chart success by well over a decade, however, and ranged across the musical landscape, to work with artists as different as Anne Shelton, Frankie Vaughan, Julio Iglesias, and the actor-singer Edward Woodward. Raymonde studied at Trinity College of Music, and initially entered professional music as a jazz and classical pianist. He played in a variety of bands, including one led by Ronnie Scott, before he took a position as music director at the BBC, where he supervised recording sessions and occasionally played or sang (bass) on various artists' broadcast recordings. He also worked as a session musician on occasion, playing on and arranging skiffle star Johnny Duncan's hit "Last Train From San Fernando."

From the BBC, he moved on to become a producer at Philips Records, where he worked with artists such as British rock 'n roller Marty Wilde and the folk-pop trio The Springfields. Raymonde was among the very few British record producers of his day who became an influence on his American counterparts--he told author Lucy O'Brien that he found his arrangement of the Marty Wilde song "Danny" getting cribbed by American producers and arrangers. Raymonde also produced hits for Frankie Vaughan and Anne Shelton, but it was his work with the Springfields that was ultimately to prove fateful to his career, when the girl in the trio, Dusty Springfield, decided to go solo with a new, soulful sound, late in 1963. He'd written a tune while on vacation that he played for her, and which the singer enjoyed, and then got lyricist Mike Hawker to add words, and that song became "I Only Want To Be With You," one of eight cut at Springfield's first solo session, and the one chosen as her debut single. Its over-the-top arrangement, the orchestra playing too loud and over-recorded as well, with Dusty Springfield singing at the top of her lungs to compete, became something of a trademark for the singer and her arranger over the next four years, as distinctive as any records ever made at Philips or, for that, matter, in England. Raymonde's relationship with Springfield lasted until the late 1960's, when she moved toward a more distinctly American-style soul sound in Memphis and Philadelphia.

Raymonde produced other artists during the 1960's, including the Hawaiians and the Honeybus, both on Deram Records. During the 1970's, Raymonde also worked as an arranger and producer at DJM Records on albums by the actor Edward Woodward (The Equalizer, The Wicker Man etc.). In later year, Raymonde worked with artists as different as Ian Dury and Julio Iglesias. It was his work with Dusty Springfield as an arranger and songwriter than dominated his reputation, however, no matter how much time had elapsed--when the Bay City Rollers covered "I Only Want To Be With You" in the mid-1970's, they adapted his arrangement to their instruments, scarcely changing anything; when the Continental Miniatures covered the Raymonde/Hawker song "Stay Awhile," they used the same arrangement that Raymonde had used with Springfield. His son Simon Raymonde, formerly a bassist with Drowning Craze, carries on the family's musical tradition as a member of the Cocteau Twins, where he served as bassist starting in 1983 and, increasingly, as a songwriter and arranger. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

[andylama]

That's quite interesting. I had no idea.

...Last train from San Fernando?
...To Tujunga? Cucamonga?

[E-Lo]

Yes, fascinating. Now I want to hear that Julio Iglesias-Raymonde work!

[mmmender]

a message from jo (4AD)...........

"Just to let anyone interested know, on clearing out the old Beggars Banquet 7" vinyl archives, we came across a lot of stock of two of the Drowning Craze singles released by Beggars/Situation 2 way back when...

SIT 3 - Storage Case/Damp Bones
SIT 16 - Heat/Replays

To some of you the name might not ring a bell, but to others you might recognise it as a previous band for Simon Raymonde of the Cocteau Twins - possibly his first ever recordings...

All the singles are in good condition (some sleeves a little discoloured with age) and for sale now via the Beggars Banquet online store for £1 each!

There's no 4AD titles, sadly... but thought some of you may be interested. I'll move this over to the sales forum soon, but wanted to get everyones attention first!

Also, in the interests of fairness, I'd appreciate it if people ordered no more than two copies, to make sure everyone gets a chance (should there be lots of demand!)"

[Baba O'Reilly]

a message from jo (4AD)...........

"Just to let anyone interested know, on clearing out the old Beggars Banquet 7" vinyl archives, we came across a lot of stock of two of the Drowning Craze singles released by Beggars/Situation 2 way back when...

SIT 3 - Storage Case/Damp Bones
SIT 16 - Heat/Replays

To some of you the name might not ring a bell, but to others you might recognise it as a previous band for Simon Raymonde of the Cocteau Twins - possibly his first ever recordings...

All the singles are in good condition (some sleeves a little discoloured with age) and for sale now via the Beggars Banquet online store for £1 each!

There's no 4AD titles, sadly... but thought some of you may be interested. I'll move this over to the sales forum soon, but wanted to get everyones attention first!

Also, in the interests of fairness, I'd appreciate it if people ordered no more than two copies, to make sure everyone gets a chance (should there be lots of demand!)"

Jo - I definitely would have been interested were it not for the fact that I already have said singles!

Just out of interest though, do you know whether those two singles constitute the entire DC output?

[postlibyan]

Jo (4ad) and Mmmender.

thanks so much for posting this information! i am ordering right now as i type!

PJK

[mmmender]

http://www.uncut.co.uk/media/images/dustyyoutube180107_W.jpg


Everyday, we bring you the best thing we've seen on YouTube -- a great piece of archive footage, a music promo or a clip from one of our favourite movies of TV shows.

Today: See an archive performance of ‘Spooky’ performed by Dusty Springfield.

The song is taken from the 1964 US-only album ‘Dusty.’

Rather bizarrely, Dusty sings to us whilst sitting in a giant white cube frame.

You have to check it out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xErs2LDvDms

[Adam]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2068/2531173250_de2da84f35.jpg?v=0

Disruptive Patterns (or was it The Drowning Craze) featuring future Cocteau Twin Simon Raymonde rehearsing, late 1978 - early 1980 (band singer was Andy McInnes)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fredpipes/2531173250/

[Thackeray]

BC rich ass guitar!

[randomrob]

:nod:

[mmmender]

If anyone is interested in the 4 available Drowning Craze tracks, I can upload them.

The 4 tracks are:


Storage Case
Damp Bones
Heat
Replays


(I'm also merging this thread with the new one that contains the DC pic of Simon)